Example sentences of "he from [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He clung to a tree root until his cousin saved him from slipping into the abyss , |
| 2 | In 1972 , a strike picket held a placard in front of a vehicle on a highway , urging the driver not to work at a site nearby and preventing him from proceeding along the highway . |
| 3 | The onus of proving that sufficient disclosure was made rests on the firm and it is not a defence to show that a legal or financial impediment on the part of the customer would have prevented him from proceeding with the relevant transaction , or that disclosure would not have affected the customer 's decision whether or not to proceed . |
| 4 | even prevented him from getting to the outside privy ( ‘ Jericho ’ ) must have been severe indeed … |
| 5 | When they tried to stop him from taking into the colony a youth from the Political Special Section of the Army First Reserves , he appealed over their heads to the Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspectorate ( Rabkrin ) , which came down on his side . |
| 6 | Firefighters cut the man free as ambulance workers saved him from drowning after the accident in Teesdale . |
| 7 | He diagnosed that his concentration on getting to know the clergy and the church people prevented him from moving among the wider community as he should . |
| 8 | Keeping him from snapping at the heels of Normandy is bad enough . ’ |
| 9 | He comes away from the roots and I swing the rod over to my right , parallel with the water , to keep him low and prevent him from splashing at the surface . |
| 10 | A stoic quality keeps him from talking about the problem , which is silly ; even Nicklaus discusses his back , made ancient by millions of swings and uneven leg lengths . |
| 11 | Imran Khan , Pakistan 's captain , has hinted a nagging shoulder injury might prevent him from playing throughout the World Cup winners ' tour of England this summer . |
| 12 | We must try to prevent him from erring in the first place ; easier said than done ! |
| 13 | McQueen was accompanied on location by Ali MacGraw , whom he had met on The Getaway , and whose presence he admitted saved him from going round the bend . |
| 14 | Souness has just heard that the SFA have banned him from sitting at the touchline for the remainder of the season , and yet again the tabloid press has pushed his tolerance beyond the limit . |
| 15 | In some species the male will also take an active part in egg care , in other the female will reject him and prevent him from attending to the eggs . |
| 16 | The ambition was what Gains , in his autobiography , calls the ‘ impossible dream ’ ; the colour line effectively prohibited him from challenging for the world title , though he did beat George Godfrey for the black version of the championship in 1928 . |
| 17 | In the normal course of events , the exercise by the tenant of a break-clause will prevent him from applying to the court for the grant of a new tenancy ( Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s26(4) ; s69(1) defining " notice to quit " : s24(2) ) . |
| 18 | For this , the physiotherapist usually sits in front of the patient on a stool , in order to stabilize his pelvis and prevent him from folding in the middle . |